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Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders - Gyles Brandreth

Description: ISBN 0719569303 / Genre: Crime / Thriller / Author: Gyles Brandreth / Paperback / 368 Pages / Book is published 2008-01-10 by John Murray

Newest Review: ... brutal ritualistic killing. A hasty exit, followed by a return with his friends Robert Sherard (our narrator) and Arthur ... more

... Conan Doyle, whose knowledge of detection should come in handy, leads to a second discovery - the body and all evidence of any foul play have disappeared - was it all a sick joke, could Oscar have imagined it all, or did it really happen? To investigate further, one of Conan Doyle's friends on the force Inspector Aidan Fraser is recruited, but mysteriously his help seems less than forthcoming, and, as the body count starts to rise with a string of bizarre deaths, to quote an old cliché, the plot thickens. ~~~~~~~...more

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Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders - Gyles Brandreth: Get ready for a Wilde ride (971 words)
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From the ingenious brain of Gyles Brandreth comes a highly original new series of murder mysteries revolving around none other than Oscar Wilde himself. The first in the series, Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders, is set in August 1889 when Oscar Wilde is 35 and is narrated by a characterisation of the real-life great grandson of William Wordsworth Robert Sherard, who in real life wrote three posthumous biographies of Oscar Wilde based upon their genuine friendship. Not only content to use one of the greatest minds from the 19th Century as his main protagonist, Gyles Brandreth also incorporates another in the form of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle into the story, ... Read the complete review